Wijekoon Surname
Approximately 29,526 people bear this surname
Wijekoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 29,090 | 1:715 | 84 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| Australia | 63 | 1:428,503 | 33,982 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Wijekoon (509) may also be a first name.
Wijekoon Demographics
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Wijekoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijekoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wijekoon occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijekoon? popularity and diffusion
Wijekoon is the 18,671st most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 246,818 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wijekoon are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 375,029th most common forename on earth, held by 509 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 29,090 people, or 1 in 715. Excluding Sri Lanka this last name exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 0 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
Wijekoon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wijekoon surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wijekoon earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.39% less than the national average, earning $42,549 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.57% less than the national average, earning $47,908 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijeykoon | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wijekoomn | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wijeekoon | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wiekoon | 93 | 3 | / |
| Wijekon | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wijekone | 88 | 9 | / |
| Wijekkon | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wejekoon | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vijekoon | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wijitkoon | 82 | 5 | / |
| Wijikon | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wiezkon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wieszkon | 75 | 3 | / |
| Weeakoon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waikon | 71 | 156 | / |
| Wuikon | 71 | 7 | / |
| Weakon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wiyakon | 67 | 65 | / |
| Wheakon | 67 | 26 | / |
| Wieskotten | 67 | 21 | / |
| Waikone | 67 | 4 | / |
| Weyokon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiekant | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiekand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weahkon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weyakon | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wijekoon
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